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? "V City of Union and Suburbs Has fil JTT I i'T 1| T /"i %T Tf l I A K City of Union and Suburbs Ha# tivr Large Cotton Mills, One Knittii (,rerfc ?>*57 l_J I I ' n I S A / BJ vbk Five Grader! Schools, Water Works, an^ MHl with f)j e Plant, d.. VOOrt 1 Fl ' B _ :'B-^KrjBfl fl fl m/ fl fl^ Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three ngjpAjl Mill, Furniture, Manufuctui ing and B ' B I J B V- . B^JjSj^W B fl fl W fl B'ikl Banks w ith aggregate capital of $:.'60,(M), Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. JL. jBL Jfl? JL-*M .1*. n _fl_ * -"?- -B- * -B- JB_^A K?/ I Electric Kail way. Population 7,000. "':J~?-A VOh. UV. NO IT ' UNION* SOUTH CAROLINA, PR I DAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1904. ?.??,. ?LM< A UAR .. ' ' I ' CniTM1' VmL." I Bring Your ldl< ) I. ? -7 t AND WE Wll 1 Ml A FAIR RATE Tf ? < A | ON TIME DBF ^ WiW WICW0LS( HIDDEN TREASURE POUND IN TEXAS Clever Work of Miss Alio Ney, Who Sweetl\ Smiling Carted Awa\ Mysterious Loads uuaraea Dy Her urothers With Loaded Win chesters. The people of a large part o; Western Texas are wildly excitec by rumors of the discovery 01 the famous "lost" silver mine: of the San Saba, and the recovery of immense treasures froir the old ruins in the vicinity oi Menardville. Thousands of dollars have been spent and man> valuable lives lost during the past century in searching for a silver mine said to be a veritable bonanza and for treasures valued at more than $1,000,000, which, tradition says, the Spaniards concealed in Fort San Saba while the place was besieged by Indians. It is written in the histories taught in the public schools of Texas that the Spaniards discovered a wonderful silver mine in the San Saba mountains, which they worked for several years. cv In their eagerness to accumulate great wealth the avaricious r?ndr*?e *?r>alnvf?d fV?A Tnrlianc tliov had collected to civilize, and forced them to labor in the mines. At a time when a long train of burros was packed with silver bars ready to start to Mexico, the savages revolted, killed their overseers and guards, and rushing to the gate of the fort they fought the sentinels with the fury of demons, but were driven back. The news of the revolt spread over the plains, and a vast horde of wild Comanchies flew to the aid of their kindred and quickly formed a living cordon of avenging warriors around the walls of the doomed fortitlHistory has no story to tell of the desperate conflict that must have raged for several days, for not a living soul of the whites escaped. A few facts were afterwards gleamed from some of the enslaved Indians. Many years passed before white people dared to venture into the beautiful val ley. Those who first visited the place were amazed at the evidences of the stubborn battle that had been fought. The whole face of the earth for the distance of a rifle shot about the walls was literally covered with cannon balls, broken muskets, twisted bayonets, swords, pistols, knives and arrow points. A great many such things remain, mingled with the dust, even at this late day. At widely separated periods during the earlj years of the past century venturesome explorers from Mexicc and the settled portions of Texas risked their lives among the fierce Comanches, searching foi the hidden treasures and lost mines of the San Saba. Texas is indebted to the tra ditions and stories concerning the mysterious affair for the ser vices of one of the most heroi< >. HpfpnHprs. nnH t.hp mnct momnva ble page of h6r history. James Bowie, who fell at the Alarm came to the Lone Star country from his home in Louisiana t< search for the famous lost mine and the silver bars concealed b> the old padres. He collected i company of Indian fighters ii San Antonio, and led them int< * - the heart of the Comanche coun try. In 1832 he reached th< walls of San Saba and carved hi; name and the date of his arriva on one of the great rtoue pillar s Money To lig? I .L ALLOW YOU * i1 * OF INTEREST ? ?? >OSITS ? c ? *- 1 MKiMMiMnMMMJMaMlftMIM ISCSE* IH & SOU, Bankers, t "" "TTTIT TTTT^iitari I nTiT^^**^? 1 1 11 " ' ? -?? I- ( of the gateway. The Indians swarmed about the \ * (brave adventurer and his little < >! band, and they were forced to \ -: fight every inch of their way , (back to the Alamo. Not many v . years ago several old Mexicans s could be found about San Antonio j y who well remembered the Bowie | _ expedition, and they were lirmlv . | convinced that the "brave Ameri- ^ " cano" rediscovered the lost mine c or found great treasures. It was ^ a common story that Colonel y f Bowie came to Texas without t 1 any capital, but it was stoutly a f maintained that after his return J 3 from San Saba he had money to g - throw away. He shod his favor- ^ 1 ite warhorse with silver, and he a I soon married a beautiful Spanish ? lady, celebrating the event with n r the lavish hospitality of a mil- e ; lionaire. q After the Texans made Settle- y s ments in the West they continued ^ I the search for the lost mine and f hidden wealth. Every few years v the excitement would break out a with renewed intensity. Maps, j, histories and old archives in ^ Mexico and Spain were patiently c i searched, companies were formed ^ and mining experts imported j1 from California. In some in- n stances fortune tellers and clair- p voyarrts-were consulted and not ^ a few costly contrivances called diving roAif J, P Spanish needles, were carried over mountains and ruins by men ^ j who were ashamed 'to say they pursued such methods. The ^ courses of rivers were changed, j steam engines were transported C( across the plains to drain lakes . and drill shafts, the earth was dug over for miles in every di- g;rection, and many people impov- n | erished themselves in this reck- . I laao oao OlltTAM lVf AV?tT I I 1UOO ocai V/U iwi on v ci many rr 'curiosities, some valuable ore, ! and a few bars of silver have been found, and it looked as if nothing could have escaped the careful scrutiny of so many peo- ,1 plft, with their eyes on th? earth, and always digging, for more than half a century. But within p the past few weeks new features ^ j have been added to the old theo- P ries. Something of great value jhas certainly been found, and as j1 a consequence, the present excitement exceeds all former ones. P Arms have flashed in the sunlight and treasure hunters are Y i threatening each other with in- * junctions and other legal pro- u ijceedings. There is certainly i j some basis for the present furore, F !1 though it is difficult to obtain the " i facts. Enough is known to jus- F tify the belief that a plucky J young lady has made discoveries * of no ordinary character, and c . probably uncovered the long t sought silver bars in the ruins of ? ; San Saba. Beyond question, at ^ least one man has blundered upon 1 r something that he can easily ex change for several thousand dol- * > lars, provided he can maintain N i his hold. j Miss Alice Ney, who has con- * r ducted operations among the ] ; mysterious ruins, is a Texas girl * who hns hpcnrrw* rlnonltr inir?r?r?aJ-r?(1 I I -1 in the antiquities of her native * f| State- Well educated, full of j - j enthusiasm, an I possessing ample ' : i means, she employed a small y -1 force of laborers and personally ' 31 superintended the work. Her 1 ) investigation excited a little more i j than the umal comments until a ! > short time ago, when something , | happened which set the old 1 f treasure-hunters of the valley ' i. wild with excitement. A laborer i' who had been in Miss Ney's em- ! :>1 ploy went to Fort McKarrett and r (while under the influence of lis l quor he offered to sell three a! "little heathen gods," as "he J j called them. He said that they 9 came into his possession while he ~ 77?""" ? was serving in the^ BrmS!Tn*wp in India. These c^Hp^jVieaJirtally fell into the haridfcji^ a local jeweler, whoinstaqpy recogniped their resemblance to tjte IgoQB found in the ruins of Mexico; ahfjk he suspected they contained considerable proportion of goh& mixed with copper. He hurri6a to his office, where a few simpta tests revealed the startling fact that th? little gods were vera nearly pure goia, worth BonlS $8,000 or $10,000, basing an esm mate upon their weight. When the laborer who h^cy thrown away a fortune became*; sufficiently inebriated the. trfotflt zame uppermost in his piindjjjflj ic confessed that''"he golden gods in the !!aba. Promptly the spread over the valley )ody ran to gaze upon the gorafe| fods and dream of hiddemirgflT ires and lost mines. Soon veiW ;trange stories were in circuho] ion. Many people confidently jelieved that the energetic TexaW jirl had already found the greaB reasure in silver bars, whichj? Spanish writers say the padjHr juried hefnrp thp m n a a o *? w* lad been noticed tl\at ipon one occasion, sulooWW itopped worked ather and two brothers, whorafl ide some 70 miles away. WheH he old gentleman and his sonla ppeared, they brought a largA reight wagon, drawn by sin pules. It was noticed that th?l ntire party was well armedJ )nly a short time passed beforu| he big mule team made a trim o Colonel Ney's ranch, starting rom the ruins at midnight. Th$l /heels cut deep into the sand; | nd while people were wonder*! ig and guessing concerning eavily loaded wagon, a reliaWS itizen appeared in towft witlljH ar of silver, which he isaid Bfl ad picked up between the tracjfie lade by the mysterious wag<nf eople no longer entertained oubt as to the success theiflKlfll e* i ?* t'^r-T rers. V The treasure hunters expected ) meet opposition on the part ol liss Ney and her people, but tc leir surprise they found the oung lady very amiable ana ^urteous. She was just ready > leave the place, "We are golg to abandon the exploration," , he said; "and I hope you win be lore fortunate than I lEive een," she added with a smile, he big mule team had returned rom the ranch. The wagon /as heavily loaded, and what-( ver it contained was covered* /ith a tarpaulin upon which sat he two brothers with Winchesers across their knees. No erson was allowed to raise even little corner of the sheet. Afar kindly parting greetings, the levs set out towards their ranch i the Southern part of the State, saving the impression upon the linds of all those who stood' coking after them that they /ere carrying away the second )ad of the famous hidden treasres of San Saba. Long "before Miss Ney comnenced her explorations she visted the ruins, making several hotographs and afterwards writing an article on the subject or a Texas periodical. She laimed that she had found in he archives of Monclava an ac:ount of an expedition made to >an Saba by one, Captain Perez, n 1833. Perez stoutly maintain-1 :d that he had actually seen the reasure in the ruins. They were vorking at night, and just as hey were about to lift the glit;ering bars from the excavation, Perez says, the stars began to ?all from the heavens. His people fled to camp, declaring ;hat the old padres pursued ;hem, hurling balls of fire at dieir heals. Interpreting this vonderful occurrence as a mani testation ot uivine wratn, rerez ordered the excavation covered, and ho returned to Mexico. It is evident from the date opposite liis name on the stone pillar at the gate, that he made his discovery on that memorable night when the earth passed through a great shower of meteors, called "the great star-falling night." Perez insisted that San Saba was once a great city occupied by an ancient-race." He said that the Spanish mission was built on the ruins of an old temple, under which the***? were numerous subterranean vaults. He dug into i these, finding many curiosities and several small golden gods. ^ Aside from the interest that Attaches to San Saba on accouut Kits mysterious history, the coJ^jsal ruins are of deep imporlafijie to all students of archaeology. The valley was evedently at SOme remote period thickly industrious race of Who were slov^y solving t|w problems of civilization. A hffcst expanse of territory was Inhder a nigh state of cultivation, Knd the fields were matured by a m network of canals easily traced Pto-day. A great dam, composed fcf large, partially dressed stones, [had been thrown across the rivler, and the waters of the whole "stream could have been turned Into this artificial waterway, which was of sufficient depth and width to have floated a modern steamboat for several miles. The walls which, Miss Ney | thinks, only enclosed the sacred , temple and the palaces of the royal families, are four feet thick I af t nn Koon 4-^v I >?v vut uaotj i.a|jci IW UUC iUUl in width at the top, six feet from the ground. The whole structure is in the form of a perfect square, tfrfclosing about eight acres, numerous mounds of stone and Bin-dried brick, scattered over be valley for several miles about j^walls are regarded as strong ftmony in support of the Lvhcory that a 0t?at. city existed Bent the fortifloations, which Spas perhaps used in times of Keril as a citadel. The great None pillar upon which both Rpwie and Perez carved their pmes is 10 feet high, nearly 9 Jfeet across the top, and 4 feet Buck. It was quarried many &fes from its present position. pprVlSES FARMERS I TO HOLD COTTON. B?> A>rW _ " "I" - JSaiianolar. i^Tofton Crop?Bears J Under Estimate Crop in Order to Depress Prices. Harvie Jordan, president of ?he Southern Cotton Growers' protective Association, professes ttf believe that the farmers are n6t receiving what they deserve for their cotton, and in order that they "may come into their own" he advises them to hold their cotton until prices gahigher. His argument is found in the following letter, which has been addressed to the cotton growers of the south: Up to the present time the cotton producers from North Caro Una to the Brazos river, Texas, have generally stood firm by holding a part of their cotton and refusing to throw it upon the market at prices under ten cents a pound. With the most determined elforts on the part of the bear speculators and other combinations formed to depress prices the market has only been forced to drop 50 points below our minimum price, during the month ip which most of the farmer obligations fall due, and an unprecedented season for gathering and ginning the crop. The ginners' report issued October 25th indicated that a little more than 5,000,000 bales of the present crop had been ginned, while Secretary Hester's report for the same time indicated that only about 2,000,000 bales had been marketed showing that more than 20 per cent of the crop was being held in the hands of j the producers. If only 5,000,000 1 and a quarter bales had been ginned up to October 15th it must be clear to every farmer that the high estimates placed upon the crop by the bear element of speculators will never materialize. They are using the same devices adopted last year to break the nerve of the producers. Note their figures of last year compared with the facts: Mr. Theodore Price, on September 28, 1903, issued a circular estimating the crop for 1903 to be 11,744,755 Uol^cs A T T)iiof-Ar? f Un nnlnnn ?/aico. xi. ?J . ii.ioiuii, u'ic I car statistician of Liverpool, Eng! land, on October 28,1003, figivred the crop at 11,250,000 bales, Neil I Bros., of England estimated the crop on November 21, 1003, a! t F. M. FARR, President, t : Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus Ih the OLDEST Hank t ftj has a capital ami snrpl C 3 Is the on'v N *TION A I rl has paid dividends i U f*5 pays FOU It par cent, fj J Is tho only Hunk In U" M has liurKlar Proof van W W pays more tuxes than > WE EARNESTLY SOL 11 000 000 vinloo it r* n . *. ?7 7,?ivu uuu ix. v/. \jrurot> of Liverpool, on the same date issued an estimate fixing jjthe yield at 11,430,000 bales. Now let us look at the estimates of disinterested parties. The United Stated Department of Agriculture on December 3, 1903, issued its estimate fixing the yield at 9,962,039 bales. The southern states' commissioners of agriculture in convention at Montgomery, Ala., October 9, 1903, estimated the crop at 10,471,000 bales. Now, let us see what was the actual crop, We find that the actual commercial crop of 1903-04 amounted to 10,011,374 oales. Note the comparison of bear estimates and government estimates. The United States Department of Agriculture was under the actual figures only 49,000 bales. The commissioners on agriculture overestimated the crop 460,000 bales while Theodore Price missed it 1,734,000 bales, and the rest of the bear element all the way from a mil-! lion to a million and a half bales. I Mr. Price is pursuing the same course this season and calling upon the farmers everywhere to dump their cotton on the market so as to depress prices and let Mr. "Bear" Price coin his millions at the expense of hundreds ^f thousands of producers in the Tfie recent estimate^ TTRr southern commissioners of agriculture in convention at Baton Rouge, La., October 22, figured j the crop for this season at 10,171,000 bales. Mr. Theodore Price and other bear speculators figure the crop at 12,000,000 bales. The commissioners of i agriculture overestimated the! crop 460,000 bales last year and | the indications are that their; present estimate is not far from | wrong. Even if the crop should reach 11,000,000 bales the world wants every bale of it and the spinners are better able to pay high prices this season than last, because yarns have advanced 3 cents per pound this season and a heavy demand for cotton goods exists. I therefore call upon the producers throughout the south to stand firm and refuse to sell their cotton at present prices. Heavy receipts depress the market. The speculators have sold millions of bales for a future delivery and they want to buy that cotton for less money than the staple is actually worth. The producers should demand from 11 to 12 cents for the balance of the crop. They are in a position to force prices up by selling the staple slowly. Debts have been paid as a rule, and there is no longer absolute necessity of rushing our cotton on the market. The merchants and bankers of the south should encourage slow selling because the prosperity of the producers makes prosperity certain in all other avenues of trade in the south. We will not make a bumper crop; most of the staple has been gathered and ginned. Let us determine to stand firmly together the balance i of the season and force the bear speculators to cover. The present price of cotton is too low and T nro-p pvorv nrrvhioor to refuse ? %r ?'* to sell until the market properly readjusts itself. Have no fear that cotton will be worth less ir the future than now. Those whe hold will eet better prices wher the speculators are forced to pa> it. The producers are now stand , inK firm but the speculators ant spinners hope to break then . nerve and cause a general rusl I on thg markets in the near future [ Let us prove to the world * tha . southern farmers can assert an< maintain their rights in the fac< ????????V J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. FT 33?: nters National Bank, % iness at the "Old Stand." n Union, us of $10\000, I. I tin: k in Union, nountinK to $^00 400, interest on donosits. ion iiisnoctt-ii by un olTloer, lit. :in<l Sitfo with Tt'nc-i.,'?k. M.r. the Hanks in ITnion coinblir d. JCIT YOUR BUSINESS. | of the strongest combinations ever organized to depress the price of cotton. Pay no atteni tion to the bumper crop estimates i and let the buyers of our staple understand that the. balance of | this crop can be purchesed at prices between 10 and 12c a pound. Store your cotton at j home under good cover and keep i it safe from the weather. If money is needed store a part 'of your cotton in local warehouses and use the receipts as collateral to borrow money from your local banks. Don't sell any cotton at present prices merely to follow the old plan of selling. By holding your cotton the ad' vance in prices later will pay a heavy interest on the investment, when no interest will be secured ; if you sell now and deposit the money in the bank. Insure your cotton, whether stored at home or in a warehouse, and take no risks, where risks are likelv to be incurred. Let us sell "this crop for at least $700,000,000 and put general prosperity among the farmers of the south. O TALKING ABOUT PEACE. Japan Shows Willingness London, Nov. 11.?The dispatch of the Associated Press from Washington confirming the statement made in these dispatches that Japan had indicated her willingness to entertain peace suggestions from President Roosevelt or King Edward created much interest here. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, said to-day: "After the fall of Port Arthur Japan would, I believe, be ready to treat for peace on no higher ! essential basis than that Russia should evacuate Manchuria, the | Japanese also agreeing to a similar evacuation. The two great ' difficulties in the way of any sug1 gestion of peace are first, the 1 Qnnnronf nomaifinn r\-F TT. mniw.' iv j/ v* & v_/11 v tivi * VX XJ11IWV/1 V/l Nicholas's present advisers to a settlement of any kind; second, the preservation of Russian prestige. When a nation's prestige if not gone, is severely impaired, | it is a difficult matter even with the best of intentions to preserve it." The Associated Press learns that Queen Alexandra has been in constant communication with the Dowager Empress of Russia and Emperor Nicholas himself during the last few days. This is interpreted here as a hopeful sign, and as possibly, likely to lead, though not in the immediate future, to the establishment of some modus vivendi whereby ??? 1 1..*? ~ i. U.-J. A. 1 - -1 A | siuys iwMiiy, lu uruivJTHUun rni^nt i bo initiated without offence to J Russia. The reiteration of the American State departments determi' nation not to intervene except on i requests from both of the bel> liferents tallies with the official I attitude of the British Govern. rnent, but it is thought that be1 fore long some method may prir vatcly be devised whereby this 1 diplomatic barrier to action will 1 be overcome. *1 Read the Big Ad. of the Culp 2 Land Sale on 8th page.